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Acknowledging and Addressing Climate Change Displacement Exploring climate change vulnerability and environmental refugees in the Mekong Delta through enquiry based field learning and role play Georgina Lloyd Rivera Center Director School for
Georgina Lloyd Rivera Center Director School for Field Studies Center for Conserva:on and Development Studies in the Lower Mekong Siem Reap, Cambodia glloyd@fieldstudies.org
Acknowledging and Addressing Climate Change Displacement
Exploring climate change vulnerability and environmental refugees in the Mekong Delta through enquiry based field learning and role play
SFS strives to create transforma:ve study abroad experiences through field-based learning and research.
Australia – Rainforest Studies Bhutan – Himalayan Studies Cambodia – Conserva=on, Ethics and Environmental Change Costa Rica – Sustainable Development Studies Tanzania – Wildlife Management Studies Panama – Tropical Island Biodiversity Studies Peru – Biodiversity and Development in the Andes-Amazon Turks & Caicos Islands – Marine Resource Studies
Environmental Ethics and Development – exploring regional environmental issues drawing upon environmental jus=ce principles and customary norms.
Increasing temperatures Salt water intrusion Changing hydrological cycles Land subsidence Increasing severity and frequency of storms Sea level rise
Estimated that 10 million persons will become displaced in the context of climate change in the Mekong Delta (Mekong Migration Network, 2013)
accountability
impacts
Kakonen (2008).
Social Indicators of Vulnerability Current Condi:ons Poten:al Future Condi:ons
Exposure: The extent to which a community comes into contact with climate events or specific climate impacts. This includes areas
and impacts. For example, houses near the high-water mark may have high exposure to rising sea levels. Sensi:vity: The degree to which a community is nega=vely affected by changes in climate. Sensi=vity is largely determined by the rela=onship of individuals, households, or a community to resources impacted by climate events, and by the degree of dependency on those resources. For example, if ”exposed” farms are a main source of food and income for a community, family, or group of households, then they may have a high degree of sensi:vity. Adap:ve capacity: The poten=al or capability of a community to adjust to impacts of changing climate. Adap=ve capacity is
characteris=cs, or by a wide range of social characteris=cs. For example, a household that has diversified sources of income and supplementary livelihood op=ons will likely have higher adap:ve capacity to impacts of climate change than those that do not.
Wongbusarakum and Loper (2011).
For the peoples of the Mekong Delta, some of whom are highly exposed and highly sensitive to climate changes and have a low adaptive capacity – climate change displacement is not a abstract theory.
Students imagine the livelihood and environmental impacts of climate change affecting a farmer and subsistence fisher in An Giang Province 30 years from now
Kakonen (2008).
Students imagine the livelihood and environmental impacts of climate change affecting a farmer and subsistence fisher in An Giang Province 30 years from now
Stakeholder forum on displacement in the context of climate change with students representing local communities, civil society and national government
Developing awareness and critical engagement with climate induced migration Applicability to
contexts and potential to focus specifically on legal remedies
Docherty, B and Giannini, T. 2009. Confronting a Rising Tide: A Proposal for a Convention
Kakonen, M. (2008). Mekong Delta at the crossroads: more control or adaptation? Ambio 37(3): 205-212 Mekong Migration Network and Asian Migrant Center. 2013. Climate Change and Migration: Exploring the Impacts of Climate Change on People’s Livelihoods and Migration in the Greater Mekong Sub-region (GMS). Mekong Migration Network Wongbusarakum, S. and Loper, C. (2011). Indicators to assess community‐level social vulnerability to climate change. SocMon. www.socmon.org/download.ashx?docid=64623
Gratitude to colleagues at The School for Field Studies, Paññāsāstra University